Mental health and wellbeing
Content Summary
Beyond Blue services
Beyond Blue offers a Coronavirus mental wellbeing support service with information, advice and strategies to help you manage your wellbeing and mental health. It also includes support for small business owners.
- Guide: Supporting small business owners to improve their mental health and wellbeing at work
- Webinar recording: A tutorial on how to support small business owners
- Webinar recording: Small business mental health – the role of work contacts, friends and family
Beyond Blue offers a four-part online learning course Mental wellbeing: support yourself and small businesses. It’s designed to improve mental health and wellbeing literacy and educate business leaders and advisors on how to have an empathetic conversation with small business owners.
Support in the workplace
Mental health and physical wellbeing are inextricably linked. These additional resources will provide support for you and your clients.
• Find a workplace training program
• Access complimentary workplace resources
• Guidance for managing others
• Beyond Blue webinar recording: Supporting staff and colleagues
• Beyond Blue webinar recording: Workplace mental health awareness
• CPA Australia Webinar: Build resilience & wellbeing to cope with challenging times (Password: CPAAustralia2020)
• CPA Australia Podcast: How to Thrive During Uncertainty
Mental health support
Online Course: Skills for Conversations that Matter
This program will teach you foundational skills to quickly and effectively improve the quality of your communication. By learning and using active listening skills, you will be more prepared to have the conversations that matter, and your relationships at work and in your personal life will improve. Use the code “cpa22” to unlock the registration form.
Psychological and suicide intervention first aid
CPA Australia members have faced increasing workloads as a result of COVID-19 and many of their clients have been under increased stress, sometimes indicating self-harm and suicidal thoughts. This training program has been produced with Psychologist Clare Mann to help members handle the most difficult conversations with clients, colleagues and staff who demonstrate feelings of hopelessness and are in danger of suicide. Complimentary for members, using access code: CPACPR21
Mental health support for small business owners
NewAccess is a free and confidential mental health program, developed by Beyond Blue to give small business owners the support they need. Over six sessions, coaches work with small business owners on a personalised plan to overcome difficult issues, learn practical skills to manage stress and get back to feeling like themselves. Available in Australia by phone or video call.
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